NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Physical Therapy Practice has received the petition for declaratory statement from Diane Laurice, PTA. , filed on September 21, 2012The petition seeks the agency's opinion as to the applicability of Section 486.021(11), Florida Statutes as it applies to the petitioner.
The petition seeks the Board’s interpretation of Section 486.021(11), Florida Statutes, and whether a licensed Physical Therapist or Physical Therapist Assistant is permitted to take a patient’s blood pressure (manual or digital), heart rate, SAT level with a Pulse Ox, and to monitor lungs with a stethoscope during their physical therapy treatment as deemed necessary.
A copy of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Allen Hall, Executive Director, Board of Physical Therapy Practice, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C05, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3255.
Please refer all comments to: the Board of Physical Therapy, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C05, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3255, within 14 days of publication of this notice.